1988 National League Championship Series Game 1 Box Score

New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers — October 4, 1988

Box Score for Mets (3) vs Dodgers (2) on October 4, 1988 | Baseball Almanac

On October 4, 1988, the New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 at Dodger Stadium. The box score below is an accurate record of this League Championship Series baseball game. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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New York Mets	ab	r	h	rbi
Wilson cf	4	0	1	0
Myers p	0	0	0	0
Jefferies 3b	4	1	3	0
Hernandez 1b	4	0	1	0
Strawberry rf	4	1	1	1
McReynolds lf	3	1	0	0
Johnson ss	4	0	0	0
Elster ss	0	0	0	0
Carter c	4	0	2	2
Backman 2b	3	0	0	0
Gooden p	2	0	0	0
Dykstra ph,cf	0	0	0	0
Totals	32	3	8	3

Los Angeles Dodgers	ab	r	h	rbi
Sax 2b	3	1	1	0
Stubbs 1b	3	0	0	0
Woodson ph,1b	1	0	0	0
Gibson lf	4	0	0	0
Howell p	0	0	0	0
Marshall rf	4	0	1	1
Shelby cf	4	0	0	0
Scioscia c	3	1	1	0
Dempsey ph	1	0	0	0
Hamilton 3b	3	0	0	0
Griffin ss	3	0	1	1
Hershiser p	2	0	0	0
Gonzalez lf	0	0	0	0
Totals	31	2	4	2

New York	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	3	–	3	8	1
Los Angeles	1	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	0	–	2	4	0


New York Mets	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Gooden	7.0	4	2	2	1	10
Myers W (1-0)	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	4	2	2	1	10

Los Angeles Dodgers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Hershiser	8.1	7	2	2	1	6
Howell L (0-1)	0.2	1	1	1	1	1
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	2	7
E–Backman (1). DP–Los Angeles 2. 2B–New York Strawberry (1,off Hershiser); Carter (1,off Howell), Los Angeles Scioscia (1,off Gooden). SH–Backman (1,off Hershiser). Team LOB–5. HBP–Sax (1,by Gooden). Team–4. SB–Sax (1,2nd base off Gooden/Carter). CS–Griffin (1,2nd base by Gooden/Carter). HBP–Gooden (1,Sax). U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Dutch Rennert, LF–Paul Runge, RF–Bob Davidson. T–2:45. A–55,582.

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New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers — October 4, 1988

Box Score for Mets (3) vs Dodgers (2) on October 4, 1988 | Baseball Almanac

New York Mets (3) vs Los Angeles Dodgers (2)

Box Score of Game Played on October 4, 1988